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Meals from the Market collection program returns at Downtown Farmers’ Market

The Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry Network is partnering with the Downtown Farmers’ Market to bring back the Meals from the Market program. The program is presented by UnityPoint Health and sponsored by …
By BPC Staff | Apr 30, 2021
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Urban Dreams to open food pantry in Cedar Rapids

Urban Dreams will be opening a food pantry in Cedar Rapids tomorrow to help fight food insecurity in the region. According to a story published by KCRG-TV, the food pantry will open at the Ladd Library, …
By BPC Staff | Apr 14, 2021
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Murphy family, Fareway partner to provide meal boxes to Des Moines school families

Spring meal boxes were distributed recently to Des Moines school families with support of the Murphy Family Foundation and Fareway. Photo contributed by Food Bank of Iowa.

Meal boxes were recently distributed to 1,000 Des …
By BPC Staff | Apr 13, 2021
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California-based health foundation donates $150,000 to Iowa nonprofits

The MolinaCares Accord, an initiative of Molina Healthcare, announced it has donated $150,000 to eight nonprofits that serve both urban and rural areas of Iowa to address issues associated with social determinants of health and to reduce health disparities …
By BPC Staff | Mar 24, 2021
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Food stamp benefits increase for six months

Cedar Rapids Gazette: With a Des Moines food bank as his backdrop, Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, announced Monday that federal benefits for people on SNAP — food stamps — will increase …
By BPC Staff | Mar 23, 2021
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Food Bank of Iowa, Amazon forge food rescue partnership

The Food Bank of Iowa is partnering with Amazon’s new fulfillment center in Bondurant to rescue food that is unsaleable but otherwise safe for human consumption.

The first food rescue donation from Amazon, valued at …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Mar 8, 2021
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World Food Prize laureates call on Biden administration to take immediate action on hunger

The World Food Prize Foundation recently released a letter signed by 24 of its laureates urging the Biden administration to focus on the issues of hunger, poverty and malnutrition around the world. The laureates called on President …
By BPC Staff | Mar 1, 2021
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YMCA sponsors food box distribution this Saturday at John R. Grubb Y

Nearly 1,200 families in the metro area will be able to pick up a free 20-pound box of fresh food and a gallon of milk at a drive-thru food distribution event this Saturday, Feb. 27, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 25, 2021
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90 years later: Yesterday’s maps and today’s data

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By KATE HAYDEN | Feb 24, 2021
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Real Food 4 Kids returns Cook for a Cause through at-home format

Cook for a Cause, an annual cooking and food education event hosted by Real Food 4 Kids and the Justice League of Food, is returning March 22 with an at-home format to encourage families and …
By BPC Staff | Feb 24, 2021
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